The average price per m² in Charnay-lès-Mâcon is 2 501 €/m² for an apartment, based on actual notarised (DVF) sales. About 59 transactions are recorded each year.
Atmospheric illustration of Charnay-lès-Mâcon, a wine-growing municipality at the western gates of Mâcon, in Saône-et-Loire.
For an apartment in Charnay-lès-Mâcon, expect an average of 2 501 €/m², based on DVF data, the French notarised sales database. This level, higher than that of neighbouring Mâcon, reflects the sought-after residential character of this municipality in the west of the Mâcon conurbation. Backed onto the hillsides of the Mâconnais vineyard and open to the east onto the town of Mâcon, Charnay combines a wine-growing setting, immediate closeness to services and to the main roads, and a suburban environment appreciated by families. The housing stock mixes village houses, detached homes with gardens and apartment blocks, watered by the Petite Grosne and its streams. Steady demand from families and working households of the conurbation, location, the condition of the property, the presence of outdoor space and the view over the vines make values vary from one area to another.
Prices from the DVF file (Demandes de valeurs foncières, published by the DGFiP), transactions actually recorded at the notary at municipality level. Cross-referenced with the Notaires de France - INSEE indices. Learn more about our methodology.
The Charnay-lès-Mâcon market remains firm, as befits a prized residential suburb of Mâcon. DVF data show a steady flow of sales, driven by the houses of the suburban districts and by the apartments of the developments. Its position above the central town, the closeness of the vines and the appeal of homes with outdoor space sustain stable demand and a regular turnover of properties for sale.
Several factors support this price level. The role of residential suburb of Mâcon, the closeness of services and of the main roads, the wine-growing setting of the Mâconnais and membership of the Mâconnais Beaujolais inter-municipal authority sustain demand that reaches beyond the municipality alone. Its anchoring in southern Burgundy, where prices remain measured on a national scale, nonetheless keeps values at a level accessible to buyers.
Charnay-lès-Mâcon sits above Mâcon, the central town it borders, of which it forms a more highly rated residential suburb. The municipality shows, on the other hand, a level close to that of Villefranche-sur-Saône, further south, and stays above Chalon-sur-Saône, another town of Saône-et-Loire.
Charnay is an ancient place, mentioned as early as the year 739 under the name Carnacus, or Carnaco. Backed onto Mâcon, the municipality long kept a rural and wine-growing character, on the edge of the town whose western fortified gate it once housed. Its territory, split between the vine-planted hillsides and the plain near the Saône, belongs to the landscape of the Mâconnais, a well-known wine-growing area of southern Burgundy.
The name of the municipality changed over time to mark its link with the neighbouring town. In 1877, Charnay became Charnay-lez-Mâcon, then Charnay-lès-Mâcon around 1892, a spelling that underlines the closeness to Mâcon. This change accompanied the gradual coming together of the wine-growing village and the town, whose growth spilled little by little onto the municipalities of its western edge.
In the twentieth century, Charnay-lès-Mâcon saw strong residential growth. The municipality moved from a farming village to a prized suburb of Mâcon, with the building of housing estates and the arrival of families drawn by the setting and the closeness of the town. A member of the Mâconnais Beaujolais inter-municipal authority, it keeps its wine-growing identity to the west, on the hillsides, while establishing itself as a residential centre of the conurbation.
Charnay-lès-Mâcon has 8 227 inhabitants. A residential and wine-growing municipality in the west of the Mâcon conurbation, it shows a market dearer than that of its neighbour Mâcon, driven by a sought-after suburban setting and by the closeness of the Mâconnais hillsides. Buyers are above all families and working households who work in Mâcon or in the conurbation and favour a greener environment than the town centre, without moving away from services and the main roads. The stock mixes village houses, detached homes with gardens and apartment blocks. Demand, supported by this residential suburb role and by the appeal of the vineyard, keeps prices above those of the central town while remaining accessible by the standards of southern Burgundy.
The average price of apartments in Charnay-lès-Mâcon is 2 501 €/m², based on DVF transactions completed before notaries. This level sits above that of Mâcon, the neighbouring town. The average covers gaps that depend on location, the condition of the property, the presence of outdoor space and closeness to services and to the hillsides.
Charnay-lès-Mâcon benefits from a sought-after residential profile, with a suburban setting and the closeness of the Mâconnais vines, while staying at the gates of Mâcon. This combination attracts families willing to pay a little more than in the central town for a greener environment and houses with gardens, which supports prices above those of Mâcon.
Yes, in part. The vine-covered hillsides that border the municipality to the west offer a setting and views that are appreciated, adding value to properties in the areas close to the vineyard. The market nonetheless remains above all that of a residential suburb of Mâcon, driven by the closeness of the town and of its services as much as by the appeal of the wine-growing land.
The municipality lies a few kilometres west of Mâcon, of which it forms an immediate suburb, within the Mâconnais Beaujolais inter-municipal authority. It is bordered to the west by the Mâconnais vineyard and to the east by the Mâcon conurbation. This position between town and vines explains its residential appeal.
The market attracts above all families and working households of the Mâcon conurbation looking for a greener residential setting than the centre of Mâcon. Houses with gardens appeal to families, while apartments and developments suit more measured budgets. The closeness of Mâcon, of services and of the Mâconnais hillsides ranks among the criteria of choice.
This analysis is published by Immover, an independent observatory founded by Antony Barbier. Data sourced from official sources (DVF, INSEE, Notaries of France).